Part 7 (2/2)

So which you have with you

FABIANI

My purse?

THE MAN

Out upon you! Do you want mine?

FABIANI

What then?

THE MAN

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FABIANI

What do you want to do with this signature in blank?

THE MAN

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FABIANI

Inature in blank Ten thousand gold marks! What would the Queen say? And then, to-uard This signature in blank is my head

THE MAN

What does thatelse

THE MAN

I want that

FABIANI

Jew, give me Jane Talbot's papers

THE MAN